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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

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Key Events and Books Agile Manifesto (2001): Defines the four key values and 12 principles of agile as defined by the software developers who created the document David Anderson successfully developed a kanban system for Microsoft XIT Sustaining Engineering Group (2004), which brought kanban from the factory floor to use in knowledge work globally (..)

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Clarifying Misconceptions of the Big Launch

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Specifically, Movable Type’s May 2004 decision to change the terms of its license. After Movable Type’s owners decided to charge users in 2004, WordPress attracted a deluge of incensed refugees fleeing the company. In a Forbes magazine story eight years later, reviewing WordPress’s early history, author J.

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In-Depth: How To Create Better Work Agreements For Your Team

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This is the ability of team members to act in concert without explicit coordination (MacMillan, Entin & Serfaty, 2004). This effect has been observed with flight crews (Orasuna, 1990), nuclear plant control crews (Waller, Gupta & Giambatista, 2004), and work teams (Urban et. Academy of Management journal , 52 (3), 581–598. Pruitt, D.

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Get Motivated: 10 Motivational Speeches That Will Change Your Life

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Barack Obama, DNC Speech, 2004. Before Barack Obama became the first African-American President of the United States, when he was little known outside the grassroots activist community in Chicago, he was given a national platform as the keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention in 2004.

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The Glass Cliff in Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The glass cliff was uncovered in 2004 by two psychologists Michelle Ryan and Alex Haslam. In addition to added risk, women leaders are: given less time to take things in a new direction than a male leader more likely to be challenged by male investors 45% more likely to be let go from their position.

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Scrum: A Brief History of a Long-Lived Hype

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The book “Agile Project Management with Scrum” by Ken Schwaber (2004). The paper “SCRUM: An extension pattern language for hyperproductive software development” by Mike Beedle, Martine Devos, Yonat Sharon, Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland (1999). The book “Agile Software Development with Scrum” by Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle (2002).

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PRINCE2: The Project Management Method Explained

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I took my first Practitioner course in 2004. It’s a customizable way of managing and controlling the work. It’s tailorable and suitable for projects of all sizes, large and small. Who is PRINCE2® for? PRINCE2® works in a huge number of industries and domains.

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